Skip Navigation
Reaching Out for Help(Supes)
|
Post by supesman on Jan 8, 2022 15:32:00 GMT
"Well now THAT goes without saying, my white winged friend." He said, setting him down in a seat near where the children were sitting and walking over to a closet at the corner of the room, whistling as he came out with three massive photo albums and dropped them on the table. "I mean I tend to have "first time parent" syndrome so I've taken thousands of pictures. I've got her in the bath, her eating messily, her in frilly costumes, the whole nine yards of embarrassing childhood memories." He said, taking one particular picture and handing it out to a spot on the table where the Angemon and Gomamon could both see it. It was Marigold in her In-Training form as a lump underneath a large silken blanket, wrapped up in it with her squirming and shuffling so the only thing that could be see was her wide eyed little head as she struggled to free herself.
"I think I would like to be struck by lightning now." Marigold said, thumping her head against her desk as her father pulled out the embarrassing memories that he kept around like a boomerang, never far from hand.
|
|
|
Post by ricochet5-Alucard on Jan 8, 2022 16:39:16 GMT
Zack set Alucard in a seat not far from Poseidon and Marigold and the weakened Angemon seemed to melt into the chair though it was doubtful most would of noticed as Zack had returned with large photo albums before dropping them on the nearby table. Zack then mentioned having 'first parent syndrome' before then mentioning he had taken thousands of pictures even mentioning what some of them contained.
"That's a lot of photos. Dad doesn't have any of me that I'm aware of." Poseidon said as Zack brought out one photo placing it on the table. Poseidon managed to get on another piece of nearby furniture to see the photo. Alucard and Poseidon saw the picture of Marigold in her in training form looking as if she was trying to escape from a blanket she was wrapped in.
Marigold's reaction to what was going on caught Poseidon by surprise causing the young Gomamon to look at her with a puzzled expression on his face before he innocently asked "I don't get it. It's a cute picture of you, Marigold. Why are you embarrassed by this?"
|
|
|
Post by supesman on Jan 9, 2022 14:21:48 GMT
"No pictures of you? Well THAT is something we will have to fix, don't you think?" He said, walking over to the same closet that he had taken the albums out of and pulling an old style polaroid camera from a hook on the inside of the closet. A digital camera would have been near impossible to actually use in the digital world and it was faster to develop a polaroid right there anyway. "Say cheese." He said with very little warning, waiting only for Gomamon to look over to him and maybe smile before the camera flashes and a square of white and black paper spat out of the front of the device. he wagged it back and forth in the air and handed it to Alucard, the wide eyed, half surprised look on Poseidon's face forever frozen in that second of time.
"That, Poseidon, is a microcosm of why it cane be embarrassing. Candid pictures can catch you in moments you're not particularly proud of. But...they can also help you hold onto memories that are impossible to replace. So I suppose it all evens out in the end." She said, inspecting the picture that her father had taken of the seal digimon and patting him on the head, seeing how he felt about the first picture of him, maybe ever.
|
|
|
Post by ricochet5-Alucard on Jan 9, 2022 23:38:19 GMT
When Zack headed back to the cabinet mentioned fixing the fact that Alucard had no pictures of Poseidon both father and son watched the tamer as he pulled an old style camera from within the closet from the hook it was hanging from. Then with no warning other than saying 'Say cheese.' Zack took a picture of Poseidon. The young Gomamon scampered back from the surprise clutching his eyes shut before bringing a flipper up to rub them as he cleared the spots from his eyes. When they were clear he looked at Zack before he said "Hey! A warning next time would be nice."
Unknown to Poseidon an amuses smirk appeared on Alucard's face but it was brief. If Poseidon would react like that as a rookie he might not of taken a camera so well as a fresh or in training digimon. Zack then walked over to Alucard handing the white square that came out of the camera which the Angemon quietly accepted by stiffly lifting his arm taking hold of the picture his smirk returning as he looked at it.
"Now I understand just a bit how you feel, Marigold. Makes me glad my dad isn't as embarrassing as yours." Poseidon said as he reared up to see the picture before he said "Still is a pretty good picture though."
|
|
|
Post by supesman on Jan 10, 2022 14:07:23 GMT
Zack, in the moment of handing over the picture lingered close to Alucard for a moment. Looking out and considering their children as Poseidon adjusted to the flash of the camera. The human smiled and snickered a little at the little seals reaction to the surprise, leaning in close to the Angemon and trying to speak casually so that his whispering wouldn't become suspicious to the little Gomamon.
"They never grow up any slower, my friend. Try and hold onto him while you still have the chance." He said, evidently having come to something of the same conclusions as Marigold. He hadn't got the same low down explanation from Poseidon that Marigold had gotten but he was able to see some of the one track hurt and emotion that were plaguing Alucard and causing him to spend more mental energy on tracking down the people who had hurt him rather than paying attention to the good things that had come into his life since. "Let's get one of you two together. Every family need a portrait. Call it for the sake of historical preservation." He said, speaking in a much brighter and peppier tone as if he had never whispered in Alucard's ear at all, he would deny it if Alucard pressed him further on the issue.
He stepped back, waiting for the two of them to get into an arrangement that they could live with before he lifted the camera again. he didn't feel the need for any cheesy proclamations, letting the click and whir of the camera speak for itself.
|
|
|
Post by ricochet5-Alucard on Jan 10, 2022 22:48:59 GMT
As Poseidon looked at the picture Zack had moved in close enough to whisper to Alucard causing the Angemon to stiffen as he was not comfortable with other adults in his personal bubble and it was obvious with his feathers bristling to any casual observer but he was able to avoid becoming rude when Zack spoke mentioning how they never grow up any slower. It felt as if Zack was able to read him in some way and it was a bit unsettling to Alucard given he wasn't what one would call an open book.
When Zack talked about them getting a picture together and that every family needs a portrait this caught Poseidon's attention and the young Gomamon looked up from the first picture before looking at Alucard sitting in the chair. Just how were they gonna pull this off? His father was in no shape to bend over and pick him up after all. Then it came to him as the Gomamon walked over to where he left Alucard's staff not far and carried it back to his father rearing up to hand the staff to his father. As if knowing what Poseidon had in mind Alucard grabbed his staff extending it to its full length and it allowed Poseidon to climb up it and onto the arm of the chair before Alucard collapsed his staff into its shorter form and set it in his lap.
Alucard then rested a hand on Poseidon's head gently running his fingers through the Gomamon's mohawk before he nodded indicating they were ready.
|
|
|
Post by supesman on Jan 11, 2022 14:08:36 GMT
Zack gave Alucard a smile meant to calm his nerves. It was clear that the angel digimon wasn't used to being the most touchy feely of sorts and Zack wasn't exactly the kind to ignore those sorts of boundaries either but Alucard was also in a state where he might need to accept people hanging around closer to him, especially since the way he had to get Poseidon onto the arm of his chair showed he wasn't in the best state to be moving around by himself for a little while. There was no clairvoyance in his comment about trying to savor Poseidon as he grew up, just one father speaking to another. Especially considering how quickly Digimon seemed to age and mature, every moment was precious.
"Alright folks, nothing stately, we're not trying to hang this up in a gallery at the louvre. Let's see some smiles!" He said, holding up the picture and unable to keep himself from grinning at the sight of the two of them so close together before a flick of one finger and a flash of the camera preserved that moment forever in time. He set the camera down, taking the polaroid from its spot and flicking it back and forth in his hand before handing it over to them. "The angel and the seal. Forget about the louvre, if I tried to turn this in as an art piece in the human world I'd be labeled an absurdist by trade." He said, snickering to himself at the someone obtuse art history joke which he didn't even bother to try and explain to the pair.
|
|
|
Post by ricochet5-Alucard on Jan 11, 2022 22:54:30 GMT
Poseidon smiled brightly while his father remained fairly stoic in appearance his hand still in his son's red mohawk. After the flash of the camera, Poseidon blinked trying to clear the spots but at least this time he was prepared for it. "I don't know if I'll ever be able to get used to the flash of one of those cameras but it isn't as bad when one is ready for it." Poseidon said as the last of the spots cleared from his eyes.
After Zack set the camera down he handed the picture to them which Alucard accepted. Poseidon looked at the picture before he said "Wow, Dad. Even in a photo you look so serious. I know first hand that is not always the case."
Alucard then removed his hand from Poseidon resting it in his lap not so much as responding to Poseidon's words. He wasn't angry as he knew how observant his son was. It was as if the Gomamon knew Alucard better than he knew himself at times which faintly made the Angemon wonder how he would of been had he not witnessed NeoMyotismon murder two friends when he was Lopmon. Would he of been more like Poseidon? Zack's comment regarding the picture caught Alucard's attention and he looked Zack in the eye and said "I'm sure there are things in human art more absurd then the sight of a seal and an angel." There it was. A trace of Alucard's humor however deadpanned it was delivered.
|
|
|
Post by supesman on Jan 12, 2022 14:20:11 GMT
"Oh the use of an angelic motif, or even subject, and especially the subject of something as mundane as a seal wouldn't be what makes people look at me funny. It would be and angel looking like you and a seal looking like hum posing for a family portrait like I was going to hang it in the dining hall." He said, explaining his comment to Alucard. He had adapted more than a little to the absurdism of the Digital World so he had to keep himself at least somewhat grounded every so often by reminding himself just how insane his life had become.
"Have to agree with him there. A Gomamon may look similar to a seal or sea lion in the abstract but the kind in the human world certainly don't look like that." She said, gesturing very generally in Poseidon's direction. Digimon were digital MONSTERS after all so their resembles to human world objects, ideas or animals only stretched so far. "I mean I'm a bee after all. Except bees in the human world don't look all that much like me and are about one one thousandth my size and mass." She said, holding up her front two legs and holding the leg spikes very close together to show the general length of a "normal" bumblebee.
|
|
|
Post by ricochet5-Alucard on Jan 12, 2022 23:58:21 GMT
When Zack explained what he meant by the absurdity of an angel and a seal posing for a portrait Poseidon began giggling before Alucard said "I suppose you have a point. In the Human World angels and seals aren't usually a normal sight for family portraits." Sure the Digital World could be an absurd place even to one who lived there from birth but a digimon could also make the argument that the Human World was equally strange given its less chaotic nature. Maybe that's what digimon visiting the Human World found most curious.
"Yeah neither have claws on the end of their flippers." Poseidon said lifting one of his clawed front flippers waggling it around. "Though it is odd that many digimon resemble things from the Human World. Maybe that happened because the worlds are connected. The fact that some humans have a partnership with digimon must mean that digimon and humans are meant to coexist together. Maybe one day humans will be ready to know about digimon as a whole."
"Unfortunately it maybe a long time before humans are ready to openly accept digimon which is why some digimon have picked up various methods of traveling in the Human World without attracting attention." Alucard said frowning in annoyance as some of his burns had begun to itch.
|
|
|
Post by supesman on Jan 13, 2022 14:21:30 GMT
"I mean art is art. I hang that picture in a gallery somewhere and people would be coming up asking me what it means. Pulling all sorts of themes out of their rear ends. High art culture is one of those things about humanity that even I will never understand. it's like trading cards for people with too much money." He said, going off on a slight tangent. His obvious proclivity for things on the more "pop art" side of the spectrum informing the reason why he most likely didn't hold the highest opinion of art in the scholarly, high class sense.
"That's what a human would call a "chicken and the egg" scenario." Marigold said, looking at Gomamon as he pondered the connection between the human and digital world, an aspect of much study in the Digital world and among those who knew better in the human one. "Like, honestly do Gomamon look like corrupted sea lions...or do sea lions look like corrupted Gomamon?" She said, rolling her front legs over one another to pantomime the never ending loop that such a question would probably require.
"Honestly I'm not so committed to the masquerade as a rule." Zack said, shrugging his shoulders as the fact of Digimon staying hidden was brought up, running his fingers through his hair. "If it came down to blowing my cover or helping somebody, it wouldn't take us long to make that choice." he said, holding up one of his fists toward Marigold already knowing one of her legs would curl to return the fist bump.
"Amen to that." She said, showing both of their commitment to whatever this...thing they were doing was. Seemed the heroic persona fit them both admirably.
|
|
|
Post by ricochet5-Alucard on Jan 13, 2022 16:52:38 GMT
"Humans can be quite strange at times regarding art but, to be fair, digimon can also be the same way. I myself never understand why others try to pull meaning out of a portrait that may or may not be there. One would think simply enjoying the look of the art would be enough." Alucard said with a weak shrug. "I've been to the Human World a few times and, while it is nice enough, Poseidon and I spend most of my time roaming the Digital World."
Poseidon looked at Marigold thinking her words over for a moment. She did bring up some good points. Just how did the connection between the two worlds work especially regarding how life on both worlds evolved. After awhile he shrugged before he said "Maybe since the worlds are connected it could be both. If so it wouldn't be the strangest concept regarding the Digital World since weirder things happen here on a daily basis."
Alucard looked at Zack as if trying to understand how the human thought. Sure there were some ways they were the same. Just like Zack, Alucard wouldn't ignore someone in need of help and was even willing to risk his life to protect others. However, unlike Zack, he didn't actively patrol for evil beings as he and his son wondered from place to place growing stronger along the way while helping those they came across.
Poseidon looked at his father his thoughts now drifting to how to convince his father to give up his quest for revenge. Though the Angemon had control of his dark nature now, what if his quest turned him into someone worse then NeoMyotismon? The thought made the young Gomamon uncomfortable though he managed to hide it from everyone in the room.
|
|
|
Post by supesman on Jan 14, 2022 14:38:16 GMT
"People want to think that they're better than someone else. Smarter, more cultured, more educated, able to appreciate the "finer things in life." whatever the hell that's supposed to mean. Art is art because it makes people feel somethings, you don't need a million dollar education to understand why people cheer for a rock show or weep for a Shakespeare." He said, holding up one hand as if clutching the famous skull of Yorick though whether anyone other than Marigold would get the visual shorthand was probably a losing bet.
"Sounds like he's giving a nice soapbox speech." She said in a mumbling tone but loud enough that her father was meant to hear it. he blushed, knowing he had gotten into a diatribe again.
"Can't be a superhero without being at least a little bit of a populist I suppose. Getting down and dirty, fighting in the streets for the forgotten and the bullied you tend to pick up a bit of a distaste for folks in their ivory towers." He said with a shrug. It probably also had something to do with his appreciation of the more mass market side of artistic endeavor that had him spitting upward at the people who stalked galleries like over paid sharks in cheap cotton suits.
"I think it might also be because you just talk too much, but what do I know?" She said, shrugging as she pulled what had been the remains of Alucard's clothes off of her sewing desk, snapping them in the air and buzzing them over to him. "There, you did a number on them but it's nothing I haven't seen before. Should be better than new even." She said, letting herself down on a table nearby and watching closely for the angel's appraisal and review of her work.
|
|
|
Post by ricochet5-Alucard on Jan 14, 2022 23:40:31 GMT
"Ah yes the so called 'educated types'." Alucard said using air quotes with the words educated types before he rested his hands back in his lap and said "I've seen those types in action before. They drive me nuts thinking their education makes them better. While I have nothing against such pursuits, the ones who are more humble about such achievements tend to be less insufferable whether they be evil or not."
"Geez, sounds like humans and digimon like that can be annoying." Poseidon said with a look of distaste clearly written on his face.
"They can be, Poseidon but I've learned its best to just ignore their nonsense." Alucard said as it seemed Zack was also annoyed by people like that. Guess this type of folks annoyed a wide range of people with their arrogance. Then it seemed Marigold had finished Alucard's clothes and lifted them up before taking them over to the Angemon. Alucard looked at them and was amazed at how good they looked.
Poseion looked too and his jaw dropped in amazement before he said "No way. Not only were Dad's clothes grimy and gross but they looked as if they were only held together by faith itself."
|
|
|
Post by supesman on Jan 15, 2022 14:32:03 GMT
"Annoying would be the word for it if they weren't also bad for the society around them. They get people to listen to them with big words and pretty sounding ideas before spinning on their heels and pushing the most ignorant bundles of crap you can imagine. Education is important but never let it make you think that anyone who doesn't have your degree is some kind of idiot. Knowledge is knowledge, and it's important. Doesn't matter if it's a farmer who learned from generations how to till his field, or the diploma in the right hand of a graduate." He said. Sure he might be lecturing again, he seemed to have a lot of thoughts about most things but at least he wasn't just carrying on. He'd said his piece and now all eyes seemed to be on Marigold. "That's my girl for you, get her behind a needle and thread and she'll get you looking like a superstar no matter what you did to the poor things beforehand." He said, going to the closet and whipping out his Digi-Rider jacket, all gold with black and bronze highlights that still looked as good as when he'd just gotten the coat made.
"When you have a needle on the end of each limb, figuring out how to use them for something is probably a must. I'm pretty ok." She said, humbly shrugging off the compliments. She was thankful that she had an exoskeleton for cheeks rather than skin because she might have been blushing.
|
|
|